Need law to shoot pro-Pak sloganeers: Karnataka mantri

The Karnataka Minister of Agriculture BC Patil on Monday pushed for a law that allows authorities to “shoot at sight” those who speak ill of India or raise pro-Pakistan slogans, Hindustan Times reported. The minister’s comment was in response to a query about a college student in Bengaluru who was charged with sedition on Thursday for shouting “Pakistan Zindabad” at an event held to protest against the Citizenship Amendment Act and the proposed National Register of Citizens.

“In my opinion, there is a need for a new law – shoot at sight law – that needs to be brought in for those who bad-mouth India or raise pro-Pakistan slogans,” he said, according to ANI.

Referring to anti-CAA protesters, the minister added that he would appeal to Prime Minister Narendra Modi to implement a tough law in order to deal with such “traitors”. “These elements must be killed on the spot. I am appealing to prime minister through the media now to bring in such a law. I will also write to him.”